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Recognised as Colour

#39B9E3

  • #39B9E3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#39B9E3 is a cyan with RGB values 57, 185, 227 and HSL 195°, 75%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#39B9E3#39B9E3
HEX#39B9E3
RGBrgb(57, 185, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.7255, 0.8902
RGB percentages22.4%, 72.5%, 89%
HSLhsl(194.8, 75.2%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 74.9%, 89%)
CMYK74.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,783,139
CSS custom property--colour: #39B9E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#C6461C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B5E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA5E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Cadetblue · ΔE 25.2Light blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E36339
Analogous#39E3B8, #3964E3
Triadic#E339B9, #B9E339
Split complementary#E33964, #E3B839
Tetradic#B839E3, #E36339, #64E339

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF8FC
Lighter +30%#BFE8F6
Lighter +20%#92D9F0
Lighter +10%#66C9E9
Darker −10%#1DA1CC
Darker −20%#177E9F
Darker −30%#105A73
Darker −40%#0A3746
More saturated +25%#1DC7FF
Less saturated −25%#55ABC7

Channel breakdown

R57
G185
B227
Red57 (22.4%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue194.82°
Saturation (HSL)75.22%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G B9 · B E3

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